Lloyd Road School Newsletter
April 2018
Upcoming Events:
You can find detailed information on some of these events in our Lloyd Road School Virtual Backpack.
April :
4/10 Spring photographs for students
4/12 & 4/13 School store during lunches
4/13 3rd Marking period ends
4/13 Light it up blue: Light It Up Blue Day for Autism Awareness. Wear your Light It Up Blue t-shirt or wear whatever you have that’s blue to show your support.
4/16 4th Marking period begins
4/17-20 Grade 5 class trip to Bayshore Waterfront Park (Only certain classes visit on a particular day)
4/23, 24, 25, 27 PARCC Language Arts testing
4/26 Take Your Child to Work Day
4/30, 5/1, 5/2, 5/3 PARCC Math testing
May:
5/3 & 5/4 School Store
5/4 School Spirit Day
5/8 Teacher Appreciation Day
5/10 & 5/11 Plant Sale for students
5/17 PTO Meeting 7pm, Library
5/23 Trebles 5 Chorus Concert 7pm
Students of the Month!
Congratulations to our Students of the Month for March! March's theme was COURAGE. The selected students were as follows:
Grade 4:
Salvatore Sgroi, Keira Lugo, Sarah Shamseldin, Sinclair Kay, Emma Jacome, William Brosseau, Victoria Zazula, Jacob Huertas, Christian Monemvasitis, Camryn Brown, Lucas Giermanski, Matthew DeLucia, Joshua Platko
Grade 5:
Nathaniel Liou, Anna Rubin, Caitlun Boylan, Jesse Hunge, Harish Venkatesh, Brody Zacche, Lea Alvarez, Aidan King, Jacob Drake, Daniel Yamin, Chase Rogers, Rianna Jordan
Each month, we emphasize a new theme and then ask for one nomination from each homeroom teacher. The chosen students are then invited to attend lunch with the Principal and Assistant Principal on an assigned day. The students also receive various awards and have their photos displayed on our Star Students award boards in our front foyer.
Congratulations again to these students! Our April Student of the Month theme is TRUSTWORTHY.
The PTO Spring Project Funway Decoration Contest Is Here!
Grade 5 Promotion Reminder
Nurse's Corner
PARCC testing
Please note the following PARCC dates for this spring.
ELA Grades 4 & 5 April 23, 24, 25, 27
Math Grades 4 & 5 April 30, May 1,2,3
Make up testing: May 9-16
Testing will usually occur the first half of each day.
PTO School Store
School Store will be Thurs April 12th & Fri April 13th during lunches. Prices range from .25¢ to $3.00. To volunteer or if you have questions please contact Michelle Fuchs mrd15882@aol.com or Brenda Irrgang blirrgang@yahoo.com
Smens & Smencils sale
The scent of peppermint is said to be good for the brain. The PTO is selling “Encourage-mint” smencils (scented pencils). Parents can purchase for their children for PARCC testing. Information will be coming home Monday April 9th. Parents can write a good luck note and we will attach it to your purchased pencils. Pencils will be on student’s desk Monday April 23rd.
Pi Day Challenge
Lloyd Road's Top 10 Pi Day Challenge contestants
Noah Zheng, Lindsay Teubner, Nathaniel Liou, Bailey McBride, Om Agrawal, Maryan Alli, Rahul Gupta, Raymond Jiang, Carissa Jiang, and our top PI day student for this year was Harish Venkatesh who recited 401 digits of Pi!
Continental Math Competition # 4
Congratulations to the following students:
Grade 4 Great Scores:
Dylan Casillas, Benjamin Gries-Smith, Amelia Irizarry, Kathryn Martelliti, Christian Menemvasitis, Elijah Novio, Sophia Robinson
Grade 5 Perfect Sores:
Om Agrawal & Angelina Santopaola
Grade 5 Great Scores:
Gianna Ascoli & Raymond Jiang